Chapter 617: It's better to be famous than to meet
Chang Hu's age is actually not too high, Chang Hu, who is less than fifty this year, is young among veteran directors.
It was probably a year of silence, and once he became famous, Chang Hu's personality changed a lot.
A "Martial Arts Warrior" gave Chang Hu a taste of fame again.
However, after many years of silence, it broke out, Chang Hu looked around, and he was full of pride, martial arts movies, who else should I be?
Of course, he knew the importance of striking while the iron was hot, so after "Martial Arts" exploded with amazing box office potential in one fell swoop, he began to prepare for a new movie.
Of course, he can't be as silent as before, so long to carve movies, how many decades does his life have?
At that time, if it wasn't for the fact that there was no way, how could he have worked so hard for so long?
In fact, it is said that "Martial Arts Warriors" is a sword sharpened in ten years, but the real "Martial Arts Warriors" consumes the most time to pull investment.
During the filming, due to lack of funds, he almost died, and finally grinded it out for two years.
Fortunately, he succeeded, so it all became his legendary experience.
The same is true of success and defeat.
During this time, Chang Hu can be described as infinitely beautiful, and those guys who sneered at him before are now flocking to him.
But Chang Hu also knew that if he rashly shot a new film, it was very likely to fail, so he did not rashly choose an original script, but wanted to adapt the IP.
In the end, Chang Hu aimed at Lin Xiao's martial arts.
If there is anyone whose martial arts are the most worthy of adaptation and the least risky at the moment, it is undoubtedly Lin Xiao's martial arts.
In fact, don't others know? Of course not, it's just that Lin Xiao is not bad for money, and he has no intention of selling at all, and some people have persuaded Chang Hu about this matter, but Chang Hu is full of confidence.
He felt that he could convince Lin Xiao!
That's why we had this appointment and meeting.
The place where the two sides met was a teahouse, and Lin Xiao and Xiao Jie came relatively early, after all, Chang Hu was also a senior no matter how he said it, and this face still had to be given.
While waiting, Xiao Jie asked curiously: "You say, which one of your films will this director Chang Hu fancy you?"
"This, I haven't seen him either, how can I know?" Lin Xiao spread his hands and said.
Just then, there was a knock on the door of the box, and the waiter walked in with a man and a woman.
"You must be Chang Dao, right?" Lin Xiao stood up and stretched out his hand to shake hands with the other party.
"You're Lin Xiao, right? Chang Hu said with a smile.
Chang Hu was followed by his wife, who was also his agent and the head of the company.
After introducing each other politely, the two sides took their seats.
"Congratulations to Director Chang for the big sale of "Martial Arts", which injected a shot of strength into Chinese films, there were always people who said that martial arts were dead before, and Director Chang gave those people a slap this time. Lin Xiao said with a smile.
"Hahaha! Yes, it's not that martial arts are dead, but those people now don't understand what martial arts are at all, how can they make good martial arts movies?" Chang Hu laughed.
Regarding Chang Hu's answer, to be honest, Lin Xiao was still a little surprised, he didn't expect this Chang Hu to be so ...... Proud.
However, Lin Xiao didn't care, everyone has their own way of behaving in the world, of course, Chang Hu also has the capital to say so.
After all, he has always been the top character in Chinese martial arts movies, although he has been silent for many years, but he has sharpened his sword for ten years.
"Director Chang has seen me?" Lin Xiao waited for Chang Hu to finish speaking, and suddenly asked.
"Of course, otherwise I wouldn't be here today, would I?" Chang Hu said with a smile.
"Mr. Lin, I'm curious, there should have been a lot of people who took a fancy to you before, but you have never sold the film and television adaptation rights, and you are also a director yourself, but you have not been put on the big screen for a long time, why is this?" Chang Hu looked at Lin Xiao and asked.
"It is true that many people want my film and television adaptation rights, but I have never agreed, and the main reason is that I am worried that they will not be able to shoot the effect I want to see. And I myself have no experience in shooting action movies or martial arts films, so I have never been able to adapt them. Lin Xiao said with a deep groan.
"Yes, no matter how good the script is, if it is in the hands of a director who doesn't understand martial arts, it will be difficult to make a real martial arts movie. It's hard to capture the essence of martial arts. Chang Hu nodded and said.
"I don't know which of my works Director Chang has taken a fancy to?" Lin Xiao asked after thinking for a while.
"There's no hurry, I think every writer is like his own child for the works he creates, and I think Mr. Lin is no exception. ”
"A good work, if you let someone who doesn't understand it shoot, then it is a waste of a good work, and it is a tyrannical thing. ”
"So, I think Mr. Lin also hopes that his work can be adapted by a director who really understands martial arts to reproduce it on the big screen, right?" Chang Hu looked at Lin Xiao and said with a smile.
Lin Xiao nodded and said, "Not bad!"
"So, Mr. Lin thinks, which directors are there in your mind who can shoot your works well?" Chang Hu looked at Lin Xiao and said.
Lin Xiao shook his head and said: "If it's just a TV series, there should be many directors who can do it, if it's a movie...... To be honest, not yet. ”
"So Mr. Lin, what do you think of me?" Chang Hu said.
"Of course, Director Chang should have no problem, but I'm curious, Director Chang, which of my works do you fancy to?" Lin Xiao became more and more puzzled.
"Smiling Proud Jianghu", and "Heaven and Dragon Slayer". Chang Hu looked straight at Lin Xiao and said.
"Oh, so if Chang Dao is asked to adapt, how will Chang Dao adapt?" Lin Xiao asked.
"The role of Dongfang Undefeated is very interesting, I think it should be very interesting to make a story about Dongfang Undefeated, and "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", I think the two divine soldiers in it are the main body of a good movie adaptation. Chang Hu said.
Lin Xiao nodded secretly, although Chang Hu didn't say how to adapt it specifically, but the character he cut to Dongfang is undefeated, but it is a good angle.
As for the Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slayer in "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", this scope is a bit large, because "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" was originally a series of stories that revolved around these two weapons, or these two weapons are the source of the whole book.
"So how does Chang Dao want to cooperate?" Lin Xiao asked.
"I hope to be able to buy the film adaptation rights of these two films!" Chang Hu said.
Lin Xiao's brows furrowed when he heard this, but he didn't refuse immediately, but glanced at Xiao Jie.
Xiao Jie said knowingly: "So what kind of price can Chang Dao give?"
Chang Hu smiled and glanced at Xiao Jie and then at Lin Xiao, then took out a coin from his pocket, put it on the table, and pushed it to Lin Xiao.
"That's the price I offered!"